Top for chicken feeders



Nov. 3, 1931. H. c. BADENHOP 1,330,689

TOP FOR CHICKEN FEEDERS Filed July 8; 1929 .l atented Nov. 3, 1931 PATENT OFFICE" HERMANN O. BADENHOP, F WA USEON, OHIO TOP FOR CHICKEN FEEDERS Application filed July 8, 1929. Serial No. 376,607.

This invention aims to provide a novel top for a chicken feeder, and a novel base for supporting the top.

It is Within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains.

l/Vith the above'an'd other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, with in the scope of whatis claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the complete device, Figure 2 is a top plan of the frame, and Figure 3 is a cross section of the frame. 7 In carrying out the invention, there is provided a rectangular frame 1, preferably made of metal, the frame comprising sides 2 and ends 3. First arches 4 are secured to the sides 2 of the frame 1 and second arches 5 are secured to the ends 3 of the frame. The second arches 5 are shorter and narrower than the first arches 4:.

The device includes a base 6 which may be made out of wood, metal, or any other substance. The base 6 is in the form of a box, comprising a bottom 7, sides 8, and ends 9. The ends 9 are somewhat higher than the sides 8, as shown at 10.

The sides 2 of the frame 1 rest on the upper edges of the sides 8 of the bottom 7, and the ends'3 of the frame 1 extend across the outer surfaces of the ends 9 of the base 6. The width of the frame 1 is substantially equal to the length of the ends 9 of the base 6, and, consequently, the frame 1 cannot move crosswise and drop off the upper edges of the sides 8 of the base 6. Because the ends 9 of the base 6 upstand, as shown at 10, and because the ends 3 of the frame 1 extend across the outer surfaces of the ends 9 of the base 6, the frame 1 cannot move endwise, to an undesirable extent, with respect to the base 6.

The general construction is such that the frame 1 may be placed quickly on the base 6, or with equal facility be removed therefrom, there being no horizontal movement between the frame and the base when they are assembled, as shown in Figure 1, the frame keeping its place on the base, until the frame is lifted off. The device is used for feeding chickens, and will prevent chickens from climbing into the base or trough 6 and soiling the feed, or picking out the parts of the feed that they want, leaving the balance. The second arches 5 may be omitted if desired, but when used, they prevent small chickens from getting into the base 6, at the ends, it being observed that the second arches 5 are lower than the first arches4 and smaller than the first arches.

What is claimed is: a

In a device of the class described, a base comprising a bottom, sides, and ends, the ends being higher than the sides, a frame resting on the upper edges of the sides and extended across the outer surfaces of the ends,'and arches mounted on the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have ,hereto afiixed my si nature.

HERMANN o. BADENTIOP. 

